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† knuckylˈbonyard Obs.
[app. f. knucklebone (or f. *knuckle-bony) + -ard.]
A clumsy fellow.
1526Skelton Magnyf. 485 A knokylbonyarde wyll counterfet a clarke, He wolde trotte gentylly, but he is to stark. 1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 33 He is a knuckyl⁓bonyard veraie meete, To match a minion nother fayre nor sweete. |